2016 AFL Round 23: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 August 2016 between Geelong and Melbourne during round 23 of the 2016 AFL season. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Simonds Stadium. Joel Selwood captained the hosts. Nathan Jones captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Paul Roos.

Geelong
Back: J. Kolodjashnij, T. Lonergan, A. Mackie
Half-back: C. Enright, H. Taylor, M. Blicavs
Centre: C. Guthrie, J. Selwood (capt.), J. Bews
Half-forward: J. Bartel, D. Menzel, J. Cowan
Forward: S. Motlop, T. Hawkins, L. McCarthy
Follower: R. Stanley, P. Dangerfield, M. Duncan
Int.: J. Caddy, S. Menegola, T. Ruggles, Z. Smith

Melbourne
Back: S. Frost, T. McDonald, N. Jetta
Half-back: J. Hunt, O. McDonald, T. Bugg
Centre: A. Brayshaw, B. Vince, D. Tyson
Half-forward: S. Weideman, J. Watts, A. vandenBerg
Forward: C. Petracca, J. Hogan, J. Garlett
Follower: M. Gawn, N. Jones (capt.), J. Viney
Int.: J. Harmes, M. Jones, C. Salem, B. Stretch

Geelong (24.11.155) defeated Melbourne (6.8.44).

Goalkickers
Geelong: T. Hawkins (6), D. Menzel (4), J. Bartel (3), S. Menegola (3), J. Caddy (2), S. Motlop (2), M. Duncan, L. McCarthy, J. Selwood, H. Taylor
Melbourne: J. Garlett (2), A. Brayshaw, J. Hogan, A. vandenBerg, S. Weideman

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 3rd) and Melbourne were then 11th on the ladder (down from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2016 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 27 August 2016
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: Simonds Stadium
Attendance: 24,413

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 24.11.155 - 6.8.44

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 8 . 2 11 . 6 14 . 10 24 . 11 24 . 11 (155)
Melbourne 2 . 0 3 . 2 3 . 6 6 . 8 6 . 8 (44)
Margin GEEL by 38 GEEL by 52 GEEL by 70 GEEL by 111 GEEL by 111
Duration 30:04 30:31 28:24 33:47 2:02:46

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), Paul Roos (Melbourne)
Captains: Joel Selwood (Geelong), Nathan Jones (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Margetts (#6), J. Mollison (#32), M. Nicholls (#15), E: D. Butcher (#42)
Goal Umpire: C. Appleton, M. Dervan, E: M. Craig
Boundary Umpire: I. Burrows, C. Gordon, M. Marantelli, S. Thiele

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Patrick Dangerfield GEEL 35 3
Joel Selwood GEEL 14 2
Sam Menegola GEEL 27 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Patrick Dangerfield GEEL 35 9 1 1 0 0 0
Joel Selwood GEEL 14 9 1 1 0 0 0
Tom Hawkins GEEL 26 6 0 0 2 0 0
Harry Taylor GEEL 7 4 0 0 0 2 0
Daniel Menzel GEEL 10 2 0 0 0 0 2

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Bartel, Jimmy HFFL 89% 3 0 16 10 6 9 0 4 0 5 3 3 0 2
24 Bews, Jed WR 84% 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1
46 Blicavs, Mark HBFR 86% 0 0 24 6 18 6 7 4 2 0 0 0 3 1
23 Caddy, Josh INT 78% 2 1 24 6 18 2 3 6 2 4 0 2 0 3
18 Cowan, Josh HFFR 85% 0 0 15 5 10 3 0 10 1 1 1 0 0 1
35 Dangerfield, Patrick RR 85% 0 1 32 20 12 3 1 4 11 2 2 1 0 16
22 Duncan, Mitch RO 89% 1 0 15 9 6 2 0 6 3 2 2 1 3 4
44 Enright, Corey HBFL 87% 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 5 2 3 0 1 0 2
29 Guthrie, Cameron WL 71% 0 0 22 10 12 4 0 5 3 2 1 0 2 2
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 89% 6 1 13 10 3 9 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake BPL 56% 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
13 Lonergan, Tom FB 92% 0 0 10 9 1 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0
4 Mackie, Andrew BPR 70% 0 0 16 13 3 7 0 2 0 1 3 0 8 1
6 McCarthy, Lincoln FPR 76% 1 0 18 13 5 4 0 4 0 4 2 2 1 3
27 Menegola, Sam INT 82% 3 0 27 15 12 7 1 1 2 4 0 1 3 5
10 Menzel, Daniel CHF 85% 4 0 22 15 7 7 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 2
32 Motlop, Steven FPL 86% 2 0 12 10 2 3 0 7 0 4 2 1 0 3
36 Ruggles, Tom INT 84% 0 0 22 14 8 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 0
14 Selwood, Joel (c) C 82% 1 2 36 17 19 4 0 4 6 4 1 0 1 8
9 Smith, Zac INT 73% 0 1 8 3 5 0 22 3 5 1 1 1 0 0
1 Stanley, Rhys RU 76% 0 2 19 10 9 5 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
7 Taylor, Harry CHB 96% 1 0 20 12 8 9 0 1 0 3 0 1 4 1
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 24 11 398 219 179 99 42 74 42 50 20 15 33 59

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus WL 75% 1 0 26 15 11 4 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 7
32 Bugg, Tomas HBFR 87% 0 0 8 2 6 2 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 1
17 Frost, Sam BPL 81% 0 0 12 5 7 2 0 4 0 3 1 1 1 1
36 Garlett, Jeff FPR 85% 2 0 10 6 4 2 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 2
11 Gawn, Max RU 85% 0 0 15 10 5 2 41 3 4 3 2 2 0 2
43 Harmes, James INT 77% 0 0 21 9 12 1 0 5 2 2 2 0 2 2
1 Hogan, Jesse FF 85% 1 1 9 7 2 3 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 3
29 Hunt, Jayden HBFL 85% 0 1 19 9 10 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 5 3
39 Jetta, Neville BPR 67% 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 1 0 4 3 1 2 1
45 Jones, Matt INT 79% 0 0 14 7 7 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 2
2 Jones, Nathan (c) RR 87% 0 1 25 10 15 5 0 3 4 5 0 3 1 1
28 McDonald, Oscar CHB 97% 0 0 12 10 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
25 McDonald, Tom FB 90% 0 0 21 8 13 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1
5 Petracca, Christian FPL 86% 0 1 16 7 9 2 0 3 2 3 1 0 2 3
3 Salem, Christian INT 84% 0 0 27 10 17 1 0 7 1 7 1 2 2 1
15 Stretch, Billy INT 73% 0 0 17 8 9 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 2
12 Tyson, Dom WR 78% 0 0 23 11 12 2 0 2 0 5 1 1 0 2
37 vandenBerg, Aaron HFFR 78% 1 0 16 5 11 4 0 3 2 5 0 3 1 3
23 Vince, Bernie C 85% 0 0 14 10 4 3 1 5 1 3 0 1 3 1
7 Viney, Jack RO 86% 0 0 20 9 11 3 0 6 8 4 0 2 2 2
4 Watts, Jack CHF 75% 0 1 15 8 7 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
26 Weideman, Sam HFFL 77% 1 0 5 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 6 8 358 177 181 67 45 65 30 58 15 20 33 43

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Geelong Coach: Chris Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
17 S. Frost 25 T. McDonald 39 N. Jetta 1 R. Stanley 23 J. Caddy
6 L. McCarthy 26 T. Hawkins 32 S. Motlop 35 P. Dangerfield 27 S. Menegola
FORWARD 22 M. Duncan 36 T. Ruggles
HALF-BACK

9 Z. Smith
29 J. Hunt 28 O. McDonald 32 T. Bugg



18 J. Cowan 10 D. Menzel 3 J. Bartel



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



10 A. Brayshaw 23 B. Vince 12 D. Tyson



24 J. Bews 14 J. Selwood (c) 29 C. Guthrie FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn 43 J. Harmes
HALF-FORWARD 2 N. Jones (c) 45 M. Jones
26 S. Weideman 4 J. Watts 37 A. vandenBerg 7 J. Viney 3 C. Salem
46 M. Blicavs 7 H. Taylor 44 C. Enright

15 B. Stretch
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



5 C. Petracca 1 J. Hogan 36 J. Garlett



4 A. Mackie 13 T. Lonergan 8 J. Kolodjashnij



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Paul Roos

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Jimmy Bartel goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:21
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 03:00
MELB Aaron vandenBerg goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 04:34
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 3.0.18 - 1.0.6 07:29
MELB Sam Weideman goal 3.0.18 - 2.0.12 09:33
GEEL Daniel Menzel goal 4.0.24 - 2.0.12 12:09
GEEL Josh Caddy behind 4.1.25 - 2.0.12 14:40
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 5.1.31 - 2.0.12 15:48
GEEL Rushed behind 5.2.32 - 2.0.12 19:33
GEEL Daniel Menzel goal 6.2.38 - 2.0.12 23:41
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 7.2.44 - 2.0.12 26:21
GEEL Steven Motlop goal 8.2.50 - 2.0.12 29:02
Q2 MELB Angus Brayshaw goal 8.2.50 - 3.0.18 01:54
MELB Christian Petracca behind 8.2.50 - 3.1.19 09:04
GEEL Joel Selwood behind 8.3.51 - 3.1.19 11:18
GEEL Josh Caddy goal 9.3.57 - 3.1.19 14:17
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield behind 9.4.58 - 3.1.19 16:44
GEEL Zac Smith behind 9.5.59 - 3.1.19 18:32
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 9.6.60 - 3.1.19 21:43
GEEL Lincoln McCarthy goal 10.6.66 - 3.1.19 22:53
GEEL Steven Motlop goal 11.6.72 - 3.1.19 24:12
MELB Jack Watts behind 11.6.72 - 3.2.20 30:20
Q3 GEEL Daniel Menzel goal 12.6.78 - 3.2.20 00:59
MELB Rushed behind 12.6.78 - 3.3.21 03:29
GEEL Jimmy Bartel goal 13.6.84 - 3.3.21 04:41
GEEL Sam Menegola goal 14.6.90 - 3.3.21 06:12
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 14.6.90 - 3.4.22 08:16
MELB Jayden Hunt behind 14.6.90 - 3.5.23 09:49
GEEL Rhys Stanley behind 14.7.91 - 3.5.23 17:11
GEEL Rhys Stanley behind 14.8.92 - 3.5.23 19:57
GEEL Joel Selwood behind 14.9.93 - 3.5.23 22:13
GEEL Rushed behind 14.10.94 - 3.5.23 23:32
MELB Nathan Jones behind 14.10.94 - 3.6.24 24:13
Q4 GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 15.10.100 - 3.6.24 04:35
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 15.10.100 - 4.6.30 06:47
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 16.10.106 - 4.6.30 10:52
GEEL Joel Selwood goal 17.10.112 - 4.6.30 12:45
GEEL Sam Menegola goal 18.10.118 - 4.6.30 15:06
GEEL Sam Menegola goal 19.10.124 - 4.6.30 16:29
GEEL Mitch Duncan goal 20.10.130 - 4.6.30 18:32
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 20.10.130 - 5.6.36 19:36
MELB Rushed behind 20.10.130 - 5.7.37 21:48
MELB Rushed behind 20.10.130 - 5.8.38 22:14
GEEL Harry Taylor goal 21.10.136 - 5.8.38 23:40
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 21.10.136 - 6.8.44 25:51
GEEL Rushed behind 21.11.137 - 6.8.44 27:36
GEEL Josh Caddy goal 22.11.143 - 6.8.44 28:54
GEEL Jimmy Bartel goal 23.11.149 - 6.8.44 30:58
GEEL Daniel Menzel goal 24.11.155 - 6.8.44 32:49